Smoke-shade hanger.



G BIBLE.

SMOKE SHADE EANGEE.

APPLIGATIOE FILED FEB. 19, 1908,

9 ,933, Patented July 13, 1909.

GEORGE BIBLE, OF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS.

SMOKE-SHADE HANGER.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented July 13, 1909.

Application filed February 19, 1908. Serial No. 416,687.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, GEORGE BIBLE, a citizen of the United States,residing in Chicago, in the county of Cook and State of Illinois, haveinvented certain new and useful Improvements in Smoke-Shade Hangers, ofwhich the following is a description.

My invention belongs to that class of de vices known as smoke shadehangers or the like, and particularly an adjustable hanger, and has forits objects the production of a simple, efficient and satisfactoryhanger at a comparatively small cost.

To this end, my invention consists in the novel construction,arrangement and combination of parts herein shown and described and moreparticularly pointed out in the claim.

In the drawings wherein like reference (characters indicate like orcorresponding parts, Figure 1, is a view in elevation of my deviceshowing the same positioned on a chandelier. Fig. 2, is a perspectiveview of the device. Fig. 3, is a sectional View taken si'lbstantially online 3-3 of Fig. 2. Fig. 4, is a sectional view taken substantially online 4.4 of Fig. 1. Fig. 5, is a view in elevation of the clip showing amodification in construction. Fig; 6, is a sectional view of the sametaken substantially on line 6*6 of Fig. 5. Fig. 7 is a partial sectionalview of another modified form of my device, and, Fig. 8, is a view inelevation showing a satisfactory arrangement of the clips when it isdesired to use two hangers.

Referring to the drawings, 1 is a chandelier provided with one or moreburners 2, the smoke shade 9 being supported above the burner by meansof my improved smoke shade hanger.

My preferred form of device comprises a resilient chandelier engagingclip 3 and an arm or hanger 6 secured thereto. As shown the arm orhanger is preferably provided with an extension 7 which is madeadjustable relatively to the arm 6 and supports the shade 9 by means ofa chain 8 or its equiv alent. The clip 3 is extended on the sides as atl---l so that it is adapted to engage the drop pipe 1 of the chandelierso that the same may be easily positioned or removed from thechandelier 1. The arm 6 is secured to the clip in any suitable orpreferred way. An extension or bracing part 5 is provided on the lowerpart of the clip 3 to form a brace for the device. As shown in Fig. 2,

the extended arm 7 preferably telescopes within the arm 6 so that theshade may be horizontally adjusted over the burner 2. The arm 6 ispreferably made of sheet metal and rolled into a tube being split orslightly open at the edges as shown at 14 so that the resiliency of thetube or metal sheet of the arm 6 will in itself secure the adjustablepart or extension 7 in the desired position. If desired, the clip may beextended similar to 4:t on the extended part 5. However, the same isunnecessary.

As shown in Figs. 5 and 6, the arm 6 is made solid, that is, of a pieceof tubing without the split or opening 14, and is secured to the clip 3by turning over the end or upsetting the same as shown at 10 andproviding a suitable collar 11 as shown; same may be also soldered ifdesired.

In the form shown in Fig. 7, the arm 6 may be in the form of a tube andprovided with a slot 15 out therein or made of sheet metal and. formedinto a tube with an opening similar to 14 as shown in Fig. 2. A smallscrew or its equivalent is provided adapted to pass through the slot 15and en gage the extension 7, the head of the screw thus securely lockingthe extended part 7 in the desired position. Any other suitable meansfor locking part 7 in the desired position may be employed. As shown inthis figure, braces 1212 are preferably provided, it being obvious thatone or the other may be omitted.

Fig. 8 shows the application of two clips and hanger bars to thechandelier so that the shade may be supported at both sides of thechandelier, one of the clips being preferably turned down at theextended portion of 5 as shown at 5 so that it braces its respectivearm. While only two clips are shown positioned together, it is obviousthat there may be more than two arranged similarly, or that others maybe arranged at other points on the Cllftl'lClQllGl'. The preferred styleof clip shown permits the arrangement of a plurality of clips whethertwo or more substantially as shown in Fig. 8, whereas, if the clip isnot constructed substantially as shown, the number would probably belimited to two.

Having thus described my invention, it is obvious that variousimmaterial modifications may be made in the form, arrangement andcombination of parts herein shown and described without departing fromthe spirit of my invention; hence I do not Wish to be understood aslimiting myself to the exact construction and arrangement shown.

What I claim and desire to secure by Letters-Patent is:

In a device of the character described, the combination with ahorizontally disposed supporting arm of a clip rigidly connected to saidsupporting arm, said clip being formed of an integral piece of metal andcomprising an elongated front portion which extends both above and belowthe plane of the supporting arm and rearwardly directed curved membersadapted to embrace a vertical support, said members lying above theplane of the supporting arm, substantially as shown and described boththe upwardly and downwardly extending parts of the front portion lyingin the same vertical plane whereby said front portion is adapted to bearagain st said vertical support throughout its length.

In testimony whereof, I have signed my name in the presence of twosubscribing Witnesses.

GEORGE BIBLE.

Witnesses ROY W. HILL, CHARLES I. Conn.

